PHILADELPHIA | The Carson @ 501 Spring Garden Street | 153 FT | 13 FLOORS - Page 4

PhilliesPhan · #61 Posted **Jul 12, 2021, 1:35 AM**

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Originally Posted by philly_account12

They dug out a decent section of the parking lot but all of the businesses are still open so I don't think its demo or foundation work. Also seems like too big a hole for soil samples/site prep so I'm not sure what is going on.

There was work on the same spot at some point in the last year where they dug up that section of the parking lot and then filled it back in when they were done so it may just be another phase of whatever they were doing then

So, I saw something in the Fishtown neighborhood FB group that brought me back to this exchange.

A few months ago, I noted construction equipment and a large hole by the 5th Street side of the strip mall, next to the Dollar General. According to a poster in the Fishtown FB group, this excavation is occurring due to the fact that an old burial site is beneath the existing strip mall. This is actually an archaeological dig!

El Duderino · #62 Posted **Jul 12, 2021, 10:42 PM**

i don’t know how that dig has progressed, but way more of the parking lot has been closed off with heavy concrete dividers. hopefully this will get moving once this is appropriately handled. i believe when this happened at the project on Arch between 2nd and 3rd, it delayed things by a little more than a week; who knows if this is similar but it still be exciting seeing this go up.

badthingshappen · #63 Posted **Jul 13, 2021, 1:19 AM**

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Originally Posted by PhilliesPhan

I just walked past this plaza. It looks like the beer distributor closed its doors on June 30th, and the Dollar General will be closing tomorrow, July 8th. All other retail locations within the plaza appear to be closed. It looks like this one will be ready to go soon!

I hope the couple that had that beer distro didn't get too put out by this closing, they were nice and I used to go there all the time when I lived around the corner. When my total was like $11.09 or whatever they never sweated me the pocket change haha.

PHLJD13 · #64 Posted **Jul 14, 2021, 1:59 PM**

News on the archeological dig at the site:

https://www.inquirer.com/news/pennsy...-20210714.html

philly_account12 · #65 Posted **Jul 22, 2021, 6:26 PM**

Trees were being cleared from the site this morning. Didn't see any demo equipment yet but all of the businesses are closed and the site is completely fenced off so demo can't be far off

PHLtoNYC · #66 Posted **Jul 22, 2021, 6:45 PM**

Will this archeological dig delay or mess things up? Or has that wrapped up?

philly_account12 · #67 Posted **Aug 3, 2021, 4:31 PM**

Interior demo started this morning. All of the necessary equipment seemed to be on site so this should be a hole in the ground very soon. I'm assuming that means the archeological dig issues have been cleared up but its also possible they were able to proceed with demo without interfering with that part of the site

summersm343 · #68 Posted **Aug 6, 2021, 2:48 PM**

Amazon opens first Pennsylvania grocery store in Bucks County

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The first Amazon Fresh store in Pennsylvania has opened at the Creekview Center in Warrington as others are in the works for the region.

The Bucks County store at 389 Easton Road totals 35,000 square feet and nearly backfills a 49,000-square-foot space vacated by Giant. Amazon.com Inc. declined to specify how many full and part-time employees are working at the store other than to say it is "creating hundreds" of jobs. The store sells beer and wine.

It is planning to open another store in Bucks County in 41,000 square feet of a former Kmart at the Brookwood Shopping Center on Street Road in Bensalem as well as in about 40,000 square feet at a mixed-use project at 5th and Spring Garden streets in Philadelphia.

The company also intends to open a store at 2940 Springfield Road in Broomall, where it has also secured a liquor license to sell wine and beer, according to Marple documents. The company is also reportedly seeking to open a store in a former LA Fitness at 403 West Chester Pike in Havertown.

Article behind paywall here:
https://www.bizjournals.com/philadel...arrington.html

El Duderino · #69 Posted **Aug 19, 2021, 3:08 AM**

the demo is wrapped for this and the entire lot (that i could see) has been cleared and graded - looks ready to go soon.

philly_account12 · #70 Posted **Sep 21, 2021, 9:31 PM**

Very minor update but excavation has been ongoing for this one and materials are starting to appear on site. Definitely doesn't qualify as under construction yet but its inching closer

summersm343 · #71 Posted **Oct 14, 2021, 3:10 PM**

Some photo updates of excavation in the link below. We'll be able to move this one to U/C soon

https://www.intechconstruction.com/p...-spring-garden

SEFTA · #72 Posted **Oct 14, 2021, 3:47 PM**

the interest in this area is astounding
red -proposals
blue -under construction

[url=https://flic.kr/p/2mAKACc]501 Spring Garden Boulevard 10-14-21[/url

arkitect13 · #73 Posted **Oct 15, 2021, 12:22 PM**

It is! I do hope we can get a few taller buildings to bring the skyline further into that area across vine street, something 400ft or around there would be amazing imo

bigfish · #74 Posted **Oct 15, 2021, 3:32 PM**

The building at 300 N Columbus BLVD is under construction?

3rd&Brown · #75 Posted **Oct 15, 2021, 5:02 PM**

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Originally Posted by SEFTA

the interest in this area is astounding
red -proposals
blue -under construction

[url=https://flic.kr/p/2mAKACc]501 Spring Garden Boulevard 10-14-21[/url

This leaves out the building under construction just south of Yards/Target on 5th Street.

das18 · #76 Posted **Oct 15, 2021, 6:20 PM**

There is that Streamline project next to the Edward Corner building that seems to be missing from your graphics. Anyone here know the status of that?

Also missing is the newly announced mid-rise on the parking lot between Waterfront Square and the casino.

SEFTA · #77 Posted **Oct 15, 2021, 7:53 PM**

I generally concentrate on towers, specifically ones that have their own thread.
I place some low rise where they seem to be pivotal in the region.
Low rise are hard to keep track
The threads here show me all their status and I can easily find them.
Show me a pic
I'll add it

summersm343 · #78 Posted **Oct 15, 2021, 8:06 PM**

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Originally Posted by das18

There is that Streamline project next to the Edward Corner building that seems to be missing from your graphics. Anyone here know the status of that?

Also missing is the newly announced mid-rise on the parking lot between Waterfront Square and the casino.

There's quite a few projects missing, but SEFTA only typically puts highrises in. There's also the project on the old Festival Pier that will add multiple buildings there.

arkitect13 · #79 Posted **Oct 17, 2021, 3:25 AM**

the festival pier buildings? I havent heard anything on them since summer 2020, They look good, but no progress I'm aware of

philly_account12 · #80 Posted **Oct 18, 2021, 5:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by bigfish

The building at 300 N Columbus BLVD is under construction?

Permits were issued for that one (I believe that's what SEFTA uses to update their renderings). There had been some minimal action on the site the last time I was over there but its definitely not under construction the way that you're thinking